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Photo of Diane JacobsonDiane L. Jacobson
Professor of Old Testament
 

2481 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
djacobso@luthersem.edu



(651)641-3268                   Office: BH 104C
(651)641-3354(FAX)         Phone ext: 268

Director of the Book of Faith Initiative for the ELCA

Courses

OT4130 Harlots and Heroines
  
Bibliography

    Genesis 1-3
    Genesis 12-50
   
Judges

    Narrative Tip
   
Web Assignments
Spring 2009
OT3114  / OT3116 Wisdom Literature  
      Bibliography 2010
      Class Handouts

      Proverbs 1-9, 31
      Web Instructions
      
Fall 2009
OT3114/

OT3116

Wisdom Literature
Class Handouts


        Job ATLA
 
Fall 2007
LG1100 Hebrew
 
Dear J-Term Hebrew Students
  What is On Each Test
       Test #1
       Test #2
       Test #3
       Test #4
J-term 2008
LG1100 Hebrew
continued in first half of Spring semester
    
Deuteronomy pg 1
    Deuteronomy pg 2

    Genesis 21:14-21
   Genesis 22:1-14

   Instructions for Parsing Verbs
   Tips for Reading Hebrew Narrative
   Bibleworks Hebrew & Greek keyboard help

   Biblical Windows - Hebrew Alphabet help

Spring 2008

 

“I take joy when scripture contradicts itself, because this indicates that God’s truth is far more complicated than my truth. If we use it to make life easy, we betray how scripture makes truth work.”

-- Diane Jacobson, professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., speaking at a Lutheran World Federation meeting in Switzerland on “Authority of the Bible in the Life of the Church”

National Catholic Reporter, December 10, 2004

 

Resources

Book of Faith - an ELCA initiative to deepen and broaden engagement with the Bible for all ages, all cultures, and to draw on our heritage of faithful ways to let the Word engage us.
 

Speaking Topics

Diane L. Jacobson is available to speak at your congregation's event or adult forum on the following topics:

  • Law in the Old Testament
  • The Book of Exodus
  • The Book of Psalms
  • The Creation
  • The Figure of Woman Wisdom and the Books of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes
  • Women in the Old Testament

 

Links/Materials/Publications

Holden Village Handouts 2007
     Women in Judges
     Tips for Reading Hebrew Narrative
     Women in the Life of David

Biblical and Theological Foundations of Stewardship
This material was presented at a 2003 gathering of the
Southwest Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

       The Stewardship of Vocation
       The Stewardship of Creation
       The Stewardship of Time
       The Book of Ruth — Boaz
       The Book of Ruth — Ruth
       The Book of Ruth — Naomi

Articles written for The Lutheran Magazine on the Psalms

Sing to the Lord a New Song December 2005

Praying Blessings on Others November 2005

God is Our Refuge, Strength October 2005

Lord, Teach Us Your Ways September 2005

A Journey of Praise August 2005

Lament as True Prayer July 2005

The Challenge of Lament June 2005

Who is this Lord? May 2005

And Who Are We? April 2005

From Death to Resurrection March 2005

Have Mercy on Us February 2005

I Lift Up My Eyes ... January 2005

Education/Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. Union Theological Seminary
New York, NY
1990   Biographical Notes
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M.Phil. Union Theological Seminary 1982  
M.A. Columbia University/
Union Theological Seminary
New York City, NY
1977  
B.A. Connecticut College
New London, CT
1970  

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Last Updated: April 26, 2007